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Old 10-30-2004, 06:21 PM
McMelchior McMelchior is offline
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Default JJ problems ... Stars $20 NLHE

I bust out of a lot of tournaments by playing too aggressively into dangerous boards or obvious traps. So my latest strategy for getting my MTT ITM up over 10% is to pace myself. But, maybe I'm taking the concept too far?

In last nights Stars $20 NLHE at level 2 I'm dealt JJ on the BB, with 4 limpers to me. This is not a situation where I'd consider a preflop raise - just too many loose callers to have any interest in finding myself out of position on a flop with an overcard. But see what happens:

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (9 handed) converter

saw flop|<font color="C00000">saw showdown</font>

MP3 (t1975)
CO (t1360)
Button (t2055)
SB (t1550)
McMelchior (t2125)
UTG (t2280)
UTG+1 (t1360)
MP1 (t1230)
MP2 (t1265)

Preflop: McMelchior is BB with J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
UTG folds, UTG+1 folds, MP1 calls t30, MP2 folds, MP3 folds, CO calls t30, Button calls t30, SB completes, McMelchior checks.

Flop: (t150) J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(5 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">SB bets t30</font>, <font color="CC3333">McMelchior raises to t150</font>, MP1 folds, CO folds, Button calls t150, SB folds.

The button has been playing pretty tight postflop (folding to flop bets after calling preflop raises), and I *so* don't like his call. I believe the range of hands he could have called with preflop must include QJ, JT, T9s, T8s, KTs and KQ.

Turn: (t480) 2[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>

What is my move here?

What I did :

McMelchior checks, Button checks.

River: (t480) K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
McMelchior checks, <font color="CC3333">Button bets t270</font>,

Eh? That's a fold, right? I mean, he should fear a T in my hand if he hasn't got it himself, or am I thinking way to far?

I believe my big mistake was not betting the turn (like 2/3 of the pot). Would anyone care to disagree, or have we finally determined I'm a wuss?

Please bring it on - I soo friken clueless here!

Best,

McMelchior (Johan)
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